Key Lime Meringue Pie
Key lime pie is made of Key lime juice, eggs, condensed milk, and sugar in a pre-baked pie shell. The pie is then baked, and often topped with meringue or whipped cream. Recipe source: “Key Lime Meringue Pie”, Wikibooks Cookbook contributors, en.wikibooks.org, CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted). Photo: Peter Veldhuizen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
- Total time
- 135 min
- Servings
- 8
- Calories
- 405
- Protein
- 9g
Ingredients
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Step 1
Separate egg whites from egg yolks. Make sure there is no trace of yolk in the whites.
Step 2
Beat the sweetened condensed milk, lime juice, and egg yolks in a small mixing bowl.
Step 3
Pour the mixture into the baked pie shell. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 8 minutes.
Step 4
While baking filling, whip egg whites in a large, clean mixer bowl on high speed until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in the sugar until meringue forms hard peaks.
Step 5
Spoon the meringue over the top of the hot pie and use a spoon to form peaks.
Step 6
Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10–15 minutes, or until meringue begins to brown.
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